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Gordon Brown on Covid -19, recession and Trump: ‘When there’s a crisis you have to act qiuckly’

The former PM on his sympathy for Boris Johnson, Keir Starmer’s leadership – and why the US president’s approach to global health is an act of self-harm

The coronavirus butterfly effect: Six predictions for a new world order

The world may soon pass “peak virus.” But true recovery will take years—and the ripple effects will be seismic. Parag Khanna and Karan Khemka forecast the aftershocks.

The United Nations goes missing

The coronavirus pandemic should have been a moment for global action. Instead, the U.N. is riven with dissension and self-doubt, and countries are going their own way.

Saving Europe from corona's nasty geopolitics

Four months into the corona crisis and one month into the nerve-racking spectacle of social and economic shutdown, it becomes clear that the big geopolitical loser of the pandemic is likely going to be Europe.

A Greater Depression?

With the COVID-19 pandemic still spiraling out of control, the best economic outcome that anyone can hope for is a recession deeper than that following the 2008 financial crisis. But given the flailing policy response so far, the chances of a far wor

The Pentagon Is Sitting on a Chunk of Valuable Airwaves. Why?

Companies say they need the military’s wireless spectrum to build a 5G network. The military has other plans—and nobody is sure what they are.

The One War That the Human Species Can’t Lose

The ice in Antarctica is melting six times faster than it did forty years ago, resulting in more calving of icebergs—with existential stakes.

How the Kushner Peace Plan Overturned Israeli Strategy

The Kushner plan will encourage people, both inside and outside Palestine, to think and act less in terms of two states and more in terms of advocating for the rights of Palestinian Arabs within a binational state. That shift will make it harder than

Germany Chooses China Over the West

Berlin’s refusal to shut Huawei out of its 5G networks weakens Europe’s prospects of standing up to Beijing.

Albania gets religion

On a parched day in late August, tens of thousands of Sufi pilgrims wound their way up the dusty, unpaved road to Mount Tomorr, in southern Albania.

Swedish navy returns to vast underground HQ amid Russia fears

Cavernous docks can shelter warships, with miles of tunnels, offices, and a hospital

US-China trade war imperils efforts to beat poverty, warns Bill Gates

Microsoft billionaire says economic strife undermines ‘world’s ability to work together’

ERDOGAN DOESN’T WANT NUKES, HE WANTS TO BLOW UP THE SYSTEM

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan surprised a lot of people when he told an audience last week that the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was unacceptable.

Biber u novoj knjizi: Balkanski autokrata – moguć samo uz žmurenje EU

Vladari na Zapadnom Balkanu su u nekoj vrsti špage: branili bi vlast svim sredstvima, ali moraju da očuvaju demokratsku fasadu i u tome imaju pomoć sa Zapada, piše u novoj knjizi stručnjak za Balkan sa Univerziteta u Gracu Florijan Biber.

Major world economies are becoming increasingly isolationist. Except those in Africa.

The best word to describe the mood of the global economy these days is gloomy. The pessimism is closely tied to the loss of faith in free markets and free trade, the two forces that propelled the world economy for the past seven decades.

China isn't the economic manipulator in this trade war. Trump is

The latest round of tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese goods imposed by Trump last week has seriously rattled world markets. The Chinese currency has now depreciated against the dollar, sending stock markets into a tailspin.

How to Save a Sinking Island Nation

Weather-related events are estimated to displace 143 million people by 2050 – but rising seas are already threatening tiny tropical nations. Can anything be done to help them?

Bosnia Feels the Pinch of Brain Drain to EU

In Bosnia, thousands of people are learning German. With a lack of opportunity in their own country, talented young Bosnians are emigrating to what they hope will be a brighter future abroad. Entire towns have emptied out.

Raison d’Etat: Richelieu’s Grand Strategy During the Thirty Years’ War

Iskander Rehman Renowned for his fierce intellect, mastery of the dark arts of propaganda, and unshakeable belief in the centralizing virtues of the French monarchy, Cardinal Richelieu’s actions as chief minister under Louis XIII from 1624 to 1642 h

South Korea accuses Japan of waging 'economic war'

Japan dropped South Korea as a preferred trading partner on Friday, escalating a dispute that threatens the global supply chain for smartphones and electronic devices.

Huntington’s Legacy

Samuel Huntington was not right about everything. Rather, his greatness lay in his ability to conceptualize big ideas in a wide variety of fields.

Understanding the Failure of U.S. Foreign Policy: The Albright Doctrine

How to describe U.S. foreign policy over the last couple of decades? Disastrous comes to mind. Arrogant and murderous also seem appropriate. Since 9/11, Washington has been extraordinarily active militarily—invading two nations, bombing and droning s

The outbreak of the second Cold War

Regular readers of this column will not have been surprised by the outbreak of the Second Cold War. Ever since President Trump imposed the first tariffs on Chinese imports last year, I have argued that the trade war between the United States and Chin

Hurting China is causing damage to the world

Given the American administration's trade war on China escalates, the question is whom China can rely on in this delicate moment of its 40-years-long economic history of opening up to the world, except on its own effort.

Religious Freedom in Ukraine

The United States strongly supports religious freedom, including the freedom of members of groups to govern their religion according to their beliefs and practice their faiths freely without government interference.

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